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SUBMITTER: Werner GDA
PROVIDER: S-EPMC5960305 | biostudies-literature | 2018 May
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Werner Gijsbert D A GDA Cornelissen Johannes H C JHC Cornwell William K WK Soudzilovskaia Nadejda A NA Kattge Jens J West Stuart A SA Kiers E Toby ET
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 20180430 20
Cooperative interactions among species, termed mutualisms, have played a crucial role in the evolution of life on Earth. However, despite key potential benefits to partners, there are many cases in which two species cease to cooperate and mutualisms break down. What factors drive the evolutionary breakdown of mutualism? We examined the pathways toward breakdowns of the mutualism between plants and arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi. By using a comparative approach, we identify ∼25 independent cases of ...[more]